TOP FOUR FOR AIRWAVES DUCATI
The Airwaves Ducati team had a promising start to round 10
of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, achieving
top 4 finishes in both of today’s practice sessions.
Gregorio Lavilla rode consistently all day finishing 2nd in
both practices. Leon Haslam worked through a busy test plan
to achieve a 3rd and 4th place finish.
Both Greg and Leon were quickly on pace in the morning session
and the warm conditions were resulting in some fast times.
Leon recorded his fastest lap time of 1:20.640 with 10 minutes
of practice remaining. He looked set to finish in 2nd place
until his team mate bettered his time by 0.02 seconds on the
final lap, moving Leon into 3rd.
In the afternoon both riders soon improved their times from
the morning session. Leon completed 28 laps, more than any
of his competitors. His fastest time of 1:20.404 came on his
final lap and resulted in a 4th place finish. Greg lapped
consistently throughout second practice. He recorded his fastest
time of the day, 1:20.255 midway through the session which
resulted in another 2nd place finish.
Greg commented on his positive results; “Practice has
not been too bad today. I need something extra for tomorrow
as the set up did not feel 100% but I can’t complain
with two 2nd places. It is all looking good; after testing
here and today’s result we know that we are fast which
is great. Let’s just hope the weather stays like this
all weekend!”
Leon Haslam is also feeling confident for the race saying,
“We are getting there; I have a few things I want to
try out tomorrow but I am really happy with the race run that
I completed today, it all felt good. All I have to do now
is make a decision on which Dunlop tyre to use for the race
and then I will focus on qualifying. We are up there so I
am confident we can put in a good performance on Sunday.”
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